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We're in trouble.

Beside her, Aria heard Anakin groaning as he rolled away, preparing to stand up. She reached out and grabbed his arm, pulling him back down into the long grass immediately as she stared where the blonde figure had fallen.

"Where are we? Naboo?" Anakin asked, sounding utterly confused. Aria hardly heard him over the pounding of her heart.

"Everybody shut up," she hissed. "Where are we shouldn't be the question you're asking right now. Obi-Wan, Anakin, hide your lightsabers, now!"

"What are you talking about?" Obi-Wan asked, sounding somewhat disgruntled. Aria shot him a sharp, deadly serious look.

"If someone figures out the two of you are Jedi, you're dead where you stand, so don't use them unless absolutely necessary. We're not in the Republic, or the Confederacy; we're somewhere else entirely."

Padme stared at her, and Aria noticed all of them hunkered down instinctively at her tone of voice. "How are you so sure?" Padme asked nervously. Right after she spoke they could hear shouting growing steadily closer.

"Because we just scared Luke Skywalker out of that tree over there," Aria said pointedly, gesturing towards the tree the blonde figure had fallen out of. "And I'm positive those voices belong to Stormtroopers, so we don't have much time to figure things out..."

"What things?" Anakin asked sharply, and Aria had to flinch cause he momentarily sounded very Revenge of the Sith there.

"The fact I'm about to try and draw their attention away from Luke, for one," Aria said, already standing up. She could see Luke's blonde head just barely in the tall grass as he slowly made his way towards a bush as inconspicuously as he could. His head kept turning in their direction, but Aria brushed that thought aside and instead focused on the small group of Stormtroopers that were making their way directly towards where Luke was trying to stay hidden.

"Hey!" she shouted, waving her arms wildly to draw their attention.

"Are you nuts!" Anakin hissed, trying to pull her back down. She could see Luke's head snap in her direction through the grass, but she purposely ignored both of them. Instead she continued to wave her arms.

"Hey, could you guys help us out? We're a little lost," Aria called, doing her best to keep her tone level. Out of her peripherals, she could see Luke rushing to reach the safety of the bush, apparently deciding not to look a gift eopie in the mouth.

"You're trespassing on government property," one of the Stormtroopers growled, taking a step towards Aria and the others with three of his buddies. The other three kept on the direct course towards Luke, causing sweat to break along Aria's hairline.

"I'm sorry, we didn't know. Like I said, we're lost; could you just point us in the right direction and we'll be on our way," Aria said sheepishly.

"Nice try, but there's a seven-foot electrical fence all the way around the parameter. No one's going to just wander in here on a whim," the Stormtrooper said, pointing his blaster at her in one swift movement and causing Aria's gut to clench in fear. She shrugged, putting her hands up in surrender.

"It was worth a try," she mumbled, the same time one of the other Stormtroopers shouted.

"Freeze!"

It seemed Luke had been spotted despite Aria's efforts.

There was an eruption of movement as Luke tried to make a break for it almost the instant the command left the Stormtrooper's mouth. He made it about five steps before more Stormtroopers appeared from the direction he was headed, and he skidded to a halt; an action that allowed his original pursuers to catch up to him and tackle him to the ground. There was a violent struggle for several moments where the three Stormtroopers and a few from the new group fought to detain Luke before they finally got him in a hold too strong for him to break. Any remaining Stormtroopers circled Aria's group. Aria was pleased to see that Obi-Wan and Anakin had done as she'd suggested and hid their lightsabers, but she could tell Anakin was itching to reach for his. The last thing they wanted right now was to draw attention to him though, so she tried to silently signal to him with her eyes to leave it wherever it was. His jaw clenched slightly, but his hand stopped twitching downwards.

"You're all under arrest," the Stormtrooper rumbled as they were all searched before the five were prodded forward. Aria couldn't help but grimace, glancing over at Luke, who was still struggling against the grip of the Stormtroopers that held him.

We're in so much trouble.

They were lead to a military compound at the heart of the forest, mostly in silence. Since the Prequel Trio were out of their time, they didn't dare say anything lest they accidentally tip off that they didn't belong. Luke eventually stopped struggling and chose to instead calm himself and find his center, keeping his eyes cast downward with his blonde mop of hair hiding most of his face, breathing deep, steadying breaths. Once inside the compound, they were led far below ground along dark, grey hallways with dim lights. The further down they went, the less of a chance of escape Aria felt they had.

Then again, she was in the company of two Skywalkers. Surely she didn't have anything to worry about?

The group was brought to a halt outside of a decently large metal door that slid back after one of the Stormtroopers entered in an access code. They were all unceremoniously shoved into the room, falling to the floor in various spots. Luke and Aria fell in on one side of the room while Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan fell down on the other side, and as they pushed themselves back to their feet the Stormtrooper activated a ray shield that separated the two groups from each other. The door slid back into place, and silence reigned in the room for only a few moments.

"Well this is just great," Anakin exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air in exasperation. Aria ignored him, holding out her hand to help Luke up off of the ground as he had been the last to be thrown into the holding cell.

"Are you all right?" she asked.

He gratefully accepted her hand, allowing her to heft him to his feet. Aria couldn't help but notice that his hand felt...weird; different. She glanced down just momentarily to note which hand it was, and just as soon as she confirmed it was his right hand he let go, letting his hand drop to his side.

"Yes, I am, thanks," he said steadily, sizing her up for a moment. "And thank you for trying to help."

Oh my Force, I'm standing in front of the Luke Skywalker. "I just wish it would have been a little more effective," Aria responded with a wistful smile.

"I'm Luke, Luke Skywalker," he said, unknowingly introducing himself needlessly. "And you are?"

His gaze skimmed over not only Aria, but also the three on the other side of the ray shield as he posed his question. Aria cleared her throat. "I'm Aria, and this is..." she hesitated for a moment, shooting the three a warning look before she slowly introduced each of them. "Padme, Ben, and Victor."

The trio gave her an odd look, as did Luke, though Luke had a different reason for giving her the look she was pinned with. "You're lying," he said simply. "Not completely, but there's a lie in there."

Aria gave him an apologetic look. "For their own safety...I can't give you the guys' real name. It's one of those situations."

Luke nodded slowly, eyeing each of them in turn. "Well...so long as you're not against me...I can respect that."

"We're not," Aria said with such fervor she was positive Luke believed her. She glanced back at Anakin, who was kneeling on the ground inspecting the edge of the ray shield. "What are you doing?"

"Looking for a weakness," he said simply. "They took our weapons, so I'm seeing if there's another way out of here."

"I told you to hide them," Aria said tiredly.

"We did," Obi-Wan said simply, and Aria noticed that Luke stiffened a little at Obi-Wan's voice. That was a voice Luke would remember vividly, though at the same time this was a much more youthful Obi-Wan than Luke had ever seen or heard, so they should be for now. "I don't think they recognized what they were though."

"That doesn't mean a supervising officer won't recognize them. That's what we have to worry about," Aria said with a sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose. It was like they had stepped through into a nightmare with no way out.

"If it's not too much to ask," Luke said suddenly from off to the side, causing Aria to turn her full attention back to the young man. "How did you even end up here? One minute there wasn't anything there, and the next there was a really bright flash of light and you were all lying on the ground. What was that?"

Aria bit her lip. "It's kind of a long story—"

She didn't get to say anymore, because at that moment the door slid open once again, causing Luke to snap to full attention, riveting his gaze on the door in anticipation. The ray shield that divided the two from the other three did not deactivate, so Aria was sure she knew who they were there for before the Imperial Officer even stepped into the cell. Four Stormtroopers filed in as well, with two of them grabbing Luke by the arms and the other two restraining Aria as the Imperial approached Luke. Aria could practically feel Anakin tense up in anger when the Stormtroopers touched her, but the three couldn't really do anything about what was happening on the other side of the ray shield.

The Imperial came to a stop in front of Luke, who stood tall and defiant. "Luke Skywalker," the Imperial sneered. "Hero of the Rebellion, the new hope for the Galaxy...how nice of you to join us in reality."

Luke said nothing; he simply stared right back at the Imperial, jaw set in firm determination. The Imperial nodded sharply at the door and another Stormtrooper came in, standing next to Luke as the Imperial turned away, casting a disinterested eye in the direction of Aria and the others. "This is how this is going to work," the Imperial said smoothly, and the Stormtrooper punched Luke in the stomach. Luke doubled over with his breath going out in a whoosh, Aria jumped, and Padme let out a short squeak of surprise and disdain. "You're going to answer my questions honestly and immediately. Anything short of that and you will be made to suffer. If you don't cooperate, we will move on to more drastic measures that have already been approved by Prince Xizor just for you."

Luke straightened up again, fixing the back of the Imperial's head with a glare. "I won't say anything," he growled.

The Imperial laughed darkly. "Hero of the Rebellion...more like Murderer of Millions," he spat, turning to get right up in Luke's face. Luke turned his head away, a flicker of a tortured light appearing in Luke's eyes for just a brief moment. "Do you know how many people were on the Death Star when you blew it up? How many...civilians? How many prisoners—some Rebel prisoners?"

Luke grit his teeth, glaring at the officer once more. They stared each other down for several moments before the Imperial fired off his first bought of questions. "Where is the Rebel Base?" Luke said nothing, receiving another blow to the stomach. "What were you after, snooping around on this facility? Were you just scouting ahead for another team? Are there others?"

Each time Luke said nothing, and each time he received a swift blow to the stomach for his lack of cooperation. Aria felt herself tensing more and more with every blow, unable to tear her eyes from the brutal interrogation that was happening in front of her. Part of her asked why the Imperial wasn't questioning Aria's group. Surely the Imperial thought that they were Rebels like Luke...didn't he?

Several minutes went by where the Imperial asked questions and Luke refused to answer before it seemed the Imperial finally decided to result to those drastic measures he'd mentioned earlier.

"Apparently you want to do this the painful way. No matter; I'll enjoy hearing you scream. I had a cousin on the Death Star," the Imperial sneered sharply. Luke struggled to break free unsuccessfully as the Stormtroopers pushed him forward. The Imperial turned his gaze onto the other four, signaling to the Stormtroopers that held Aria they could release her before he continued to speak to Luke. "These four don't have any Rebel-like activity on record, so they will at least evade charges of treason, unlike you; a crime punishable by death. I assure you, that's what awaits you; and it will not be a quick death. Prince Xizor has promised as much."

The Imperial turned sharply on his heel, exiting the room with the two Stormtroopers who had been holding Aria flanking him. Aria stared after Luke long after he'd been dragged away, only snapping out of her daze when the door slid shut behind the party. She groaned, leaning against the wall and slowly sliding downwards.

"I think I'm going to be sick," she muttered, loath of the fact her mind was racing to glean as much as she could from what had just happened.

"We have to help him," Padme said weakly, looking pleadingly between Anakin and Obi-Wan.

"What can we do? They can't let it get out they're Jedi or we're all dead where we stand, we don't have the lightsabers to cut out of here...We're kind of powerless right now," Aria responded quietly. She buried her face in her hands. "Uhg...none of this was supposed to happen. We've already messed up time here simply by arriving. Luke should have never been captured here, there would have been a record of it. And Prince Xizor!"

"What about him?" Obi-Wan asked, kneeling at the edge of the ray shield and staring at her in concern.

"Prince Xizor is an arch nemesis of Darth Vader, to make a long story short. He knows how important Luke is to Vader, and has made it his personal mission to bring Luke to a slow and painful end, simply to get at Vader. If Prince Xizor is in charge here, and he knows Luke's being held prisoner..." she said, trailing off and letting the rest be implied. Obi-Wan and Anakin shared a look.

"I'm sure...for now...he'll be fine," Obi-Wan said slowly.

"Do you know anything about Imperial Torture?" she suddenly snapped, causing the pair to blink in surprise. "It makes executions look like a merciful, normal, every-day occurrence. And it's a normal part of Imperial Interrogation. One of their specialty is torturing Jedi."

Aria pushed to her feet, starting to pace the room as she chewed on her lip, her stomach twisting uncomfortably. "He's got his mechanical hand...so this is definitely after Episode V, but he also doesn't have a lightsaber, I noticed that; so it's before Episode VI. Considering how he acted and the fact Prince Xizor is still alive, it's got to be just after Episode V; everything that happened on Bespin is still fresh," she muttered out loud.

"I'm sure if his time hasn't come, the Force won't let Luke die," Obi-Wan told her firmly. Aria glanced up at him.

"There are things far worse than death," she said ominously, turning back to her pacing and worrying over Luke. After a few minutes of silence, Anakin suddenly groaned and sank to his knees, drawing everyone's attention to him.

"Anakin!" Padme cried, falling to her knees next to him. Anakin was doubled over, panting as if he'd just run several laps around Tatooine.

"Anakin, what's wrong?" Obi-Wan asked in obvious concern.

Anakin looked up at him, giving him a strange look. "You didn't...feel that...that pain?"

Everyone stared at him in confusion. "Anakin, what are you talking about?"

"I felt intense pain...and heard someone screaming..." Anakin said slowly, gripping his head as if he had a sudden headache. "It was like...I was them for a moment...but I don't know what was happening."

"Luke," Aria breathed. Anakin was sensing his son's pain. Of course, it was just slight right now; there was no actual formed bond between the two yet, but they were still related directly by blood. Luke still came directly from Anakin. It was only natural that Anakin would be able to sense Luke's pain at least once.

Obi-Wan looked up at her. "How? I didn't feel anything."

Aria glanced at him. "That falls into the category of 'I can't tell you' I'm afraid," she said sheepishly.

"I don't think now is the time to be keeping secrets," Anakin said harshly from his spot on the floor.

"I don't think now is the time to let those secrets spill either," Aria countered. "We need a way out—with Luke. We can't leave him behind if we do find a way out."

"None of us can afford to be left behind," Obi-Wan said gravely

"You have no idea how true that statement is," Aria said with a grimace, kneeling down in front of Anakin. "Can you sense anything else from him?"

Anakin shook his head. "No...that was all. It was brief but...strong."

Aria looked away, taking several deep, steadying breaths and grabbing the dog tags around her neck as she stood back up, making her way back to where she'd been pacing earlier. "Please, Force, let him be all right," she whispered.

While Aria paced, she occasionally answered whatever questions she could from the three on the other side of the ray shield as they worked to come up with an escape plan. All they could do was wait and pray that Luke eventually returned alive. There was no guarantees it would be in one piece, but so long as he was alive, there was still a chance.